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Ştefan Birtalan (Hungarian: Birtalan István; born 25 September 1948 in Jibou) is a former Romanian handball player coach and sports official.Birtalan who comes form the Hungarian minority in Romania was one of the best players of his time and was named the World Player of the Year in 1974 1976 and 1977.He spent the majority of his club career by Steaua Bucharest winning with them 15 Romanian championships and 2 Romanian cups and obtained the European Champions Cup title in 1977.
